- present perfect progressive of telephone.
Example Sentences
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Many people have been telephoning instead, but staff on the wards are run ragged at the moment.
From BBC • Apr. 13, 2020
The cadet said angry parents and alumni have been telephoning the school relentlessly.
From Washington Post • Feb. 7, 2012
"Mr. Thompson, we have been telephoning every place for you."
From 32 Caliber by McGibeny, Donald
They have been telephoning all day for it.
From Felix O'Day by Smith, Francis Hopkinson
The men who make these things have been telephoning half the night.
From Sacrifice by Whitman, Stephen French